Lady Wildcats qualify for stateCOAL HILL — The Hector Lady Wildcats earned a spot in the Class 2A state playoffs with a 52-34 win over the Magazine Lady Rattlers on Wednesday in the Class 2A West Region Tournament. Hector doubled the Lady Rattlers 16-8 after the first quarter and took a 31-19 lead at halftime. After the third quarter, the Lady Wildcats were up 46-27. Hector was led in scoring by Avery Williams with 16 points. Alyssa Millsaps scored 12. Cassidy Haley and Lak...

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Hearing for fired North Little Rock football coach canceledNORTH LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The North Little Rock School District has canceled a hearing on the firing of its high school football coach and will reissue its recommendation that the coach be fired. School Superintendent Kelly Rodgers said in a news release Wednesday that district attorneys advised that the recommendation to fire coach Brad Bolding be reissued so all findings from an investigation into Bolding can be presented to the school board....

Lady Eagles qualify for playoffsCLARKSVILLE — The U of O women's basketball team has qualified for the American Southwest Championship Tournament for the fourth time under Head Coach Carl Ramsey and will face No. 10-ranked Texas-Tyler February 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Tyler, Texas, in the first round. It is the second straight year the Lady Eagles (11-14, 7-13 ASC) have made the playoffs. Ozarks will go into the tournament as the No. 8 seed, while Texas-Tyler (24-1, 19-1 ASC) will...

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4A-4-North Region Tournament on schedulePOTTSVILLE — If anything, weather claimed victory over the Class 4A-4 District Tournament on Monday after a snowstorm put an inch-or-more of snow on the roadways across Arkansas and forced 4A-4 Conference officials to cancel the tournament entirely. The 4A-4 Conference took the district seedings as they were and skipped ahead to today’s 4A-North Region Tournament inside George Jones Gymnasium. As of right now, everything is still on for a sche...

RHS hoops squeeze in final three conference gamesThe Russellville Cyclones and Lady Cyclones basketball team postponed Tuesday’s game against the Little Rock Catholic Rockets and the Mount Saint Mary Belles to today due to icy weather and poor travel conditions between the two schools. According the the Arkansas Activities Association handbook, all conference games must be complete before the Class 6A state tournament next week, so the Cyclones and Lady Cyclones will play their final three r...

ATU to hold final home games ThursdayTucker Coliseum will play host to its final Great American Conference doubleheader of the 2014-15 season when Arkansas Tech University welcomes Harding University to Russellville on Thursday. Much is on the line for both Arkansas Tech teams. The Golden Suns must win to keep alive their hopes of earning at least a share of the GAC women’s basketball regular season title. The Wonder Boys can clinch a berth in the GAC Tournament, which is schedul...

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Hector splits semifinal games with CSJHECTOR — The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats split their 2A-4-East District semifinals games against the Conway Saint Joseph (CSJ) Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs on Saturday inside the Hector Multi-Purpose Building. The Lady Wildcats won their game 48-44, while the Wildcats fell 37-36 in a heartbreaker. “I think Saturday was the best defensive game we’ve ever played,” Wildcats head coach Noah Chagnon said. “We’re known as an offensive team, so to see w...

RHS history: 100 years agoThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the Russellville High School (RHS) class of 1915. One of the class’ 15 seniors was the late Mark B. Craig. Craig was born Dec. 19, 1897 in Russellville and was a member of the 1914 Cyclone football team and went on to become the longest tenured postmaster in Russellville history (33 years). The 1914 Cyclones posted a lackluster 1-4 season record under head coach Roy Black, but the record was a bit decei...

Phommavongsa gets 4th at stateLITTLE ROCK — The Russellville Cyclones wrestling team brought home an individual fourth-place wrestling medal and witnessed a little history during the Class 6A state wrestling meet held Saturday at the Jack Stephens Center. Russellville’s James Phommavongsa fought back through the consolation bracket for a fourth-place finish in the state meet, while Arkansas crowned its first female state wrestling champion in Destiny Nunez. “We got to witn...

Dardanelle earns regional berth with win over DoverDARDANELLE – The Dardanelle Sand Lizards clinched a berth in the 4A-North Regional Tournament Friday with a 57-48 victory over the Dover Pirates in the quarterfinal round of the 4A-4 District Tournament at Sand Lizard Gymnasium. Both teams battled closely throughout the entire game with neither side holding a double-digit lead. A basket by Garrett Willcutt with 5:53 left in the fourth quarter brought Dover within 44-43, but Dardanelle’s Jerome...

Cyclones chain Bulldogs 66-51GREENWOOD — The Russellville Cyclones outpaced the Greenwood Bulldogs 66-51 during their final Class 6A conference game of the season on Friday. Greenwood nipped Russellville's heels through three quarters of action, but found their slow-down offense at odds with the Cyclones' speed an accuracy. Once the Bulldogs fell behind, Russellville (12-12, 6-5 7A/6A-Central Conference) met them shot-for-shot to stay out front. Greenwood (5-18) needed to...

Pottsville upset by Ozark in tight contestDARDANELLE — The Pottsville Apaches were upset in the quarterfinal round of the 4A-4 District Tournament Friday as they fell 51-45 to the seventh-seeded Ozark Hillbillies ending the Apaches’ season. The Apaches cut a 39-30 fourth quarter deficit to three a number of times in the closing minutes but could not come any closer as Ozark denied the Apaches a chance to play in the 4A-North Regional Tournament being held on their home floor. The Apac...

Lady Pirates fall to Clinton in 4A-4 tourneyDARDANELLE – The Dover Lady Pirates saw their season come to an end Friday at the hands of the Clinton Lady Yellow Jackets as Dover fell 56-40 in the quarterfinal round of the 4A-4 District Tournament at Dardanelle. Dover trimmed an 18-point Clinton lead to eight late in the third quarter but were unable to get closer as Clinton came away with the victory. The Lady Pirates battled with Clinton for much of the first half before the Lady Yellow ...

Mitchell leads No. 2 South Carolina past Arkansas, 73-56FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — With another opportunity on the national stage looming, South Carolina showed no signs of letting down or looking ahead against Arkansas. Led by an all-around performance from guard Tiffany Mitchell, the No. 2 Gamecocks beat the Razorbacks 73-56 for their third straight win following a loss at No. 1 Connecticut — giving the school 25 wins for the fourth straight season. Mitchell led four South Carolina players in doub...

Wolverines slash Conway ChristianHECTOR — The Western Yell County Wolverines topped the Conway Christian Eagles 74-64 in the first round of the 2A-4-East District Tournament Thursday inside the Hector Multi-Purpose Building. Western Yell County led 23-6 after the first quarter and widened the score to 36-17 at halftime. After the third quarter, the Wolverines had a commanding 51-33. Western Yell County was led in scoring by Chris Thygesen with 23 points. Trent Cobb scored 17 ...

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Lady Warriors defeat AtkinsPARIS — The Atkins Lady Red Devils were defeated by the Lamar Lady Warriors 54-33 on Thursday in the 3A-4 District Tournament. “Lamar is a very, very good senior-laden squad and they got off to a great start and we just never recovered. We just didn’t bring the intensity that we needed to compete with a quality team. We are learning what it takes to play at this time of year, compared to a team that is used to playing and understands what it t...

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Tigers shoot past Wonder BoysADA, Okla. — The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (12-13, 8-9 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the hot shooting of East Central (17-8, 11-6 GAC) as the Tigers shot 62 percent from the floor in the second half to push to a 78-54 win over the Wonder Boys on Thursday at the Kerr Activities Center. Tech controlled the momentum in the early going as Gary Gaskins scored the first six points, pushing the Wonder Boys out to a...

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Golden Suns softball remains undefeatedNationally 18th-ranked Arkansas Tech University remained undefeated during the 2015 softball season with a doubleheader sweep of Pittsburg State University at the Chartwells Women’s Sports Complex in Russellville on Thursday. The Golden Suns (6-0) are scheduled to take on Fort Hays State University for a twin bill in Hays, Kan., on Wednesday. Their next home games are set for Friday and Saturday against East Central University. Game One: Tech ...

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